Civil Asset Forfeiture

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To Be Given to God: Contemporary Civil Forfeiture as a Taking

Civil asset forfeiture was once a law-enforcement tool. Today, however, police and prosecutors use forfeiture to fundraise, not to fight crime. This Note challenges the constitutionality of these profit-motivated government confiscations. It argues that these “contemporary civil forfeitures” are...

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Feb 6:

More: https://reason.com/2020/02/06/class-action-lawsuit-challenges-detroits-asset-forfeiture-racket/

Feb 20:

https://ij.org/press-release/follow...-car-illegally-seized-using-civil-forfeiture/

The Institute for Justice is doing a lot of heavy lifting on this issue.

Update.

Immunity Denied: Prosecutor Must Face Suit for Retaliatory Charges After Forfeiture Challenge - Institute for Justice

DETROIT—Today, the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled that a Wayne County prosecutor must face Robert Reeves’s lawsuit alleging he twice dragged Reeves into baseless criminal proceedings […]

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Prosecutor Denied Immunity By Court Of Appeals​

Jun 11, 2025
Another win by the Institute for Justice.
https://ij.org/


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Pit Stop Policing Transforms Traffic Violations Into High-Stakes Drug Hunts​

This is part five of Operation Shakedown, a series about heavy-handed traffic enforcement tactics and property seizures in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. Click here to read part one.

When officers stopped a Greyhound bus for going 5 mph over the speed limit on Interstate 85 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, they were not interested in traffic enforcement.

The real target was drugs and cash, which the police pursued with factory-like precision. NASCAR pit crews could learn something about speed and efficiency from these experts.

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Pit stop policing transforms traffic violations into high-stakes drug hunts

This is part five of Operation Shakedown, a series about heavy-handed traffic enforcement tactics and property seizures in Spartanburg County, South

reason.com

Update

South Carolina county ends its civil forfeiture blitz after 20 years

It’s time for the rest of the state to stop illegal searches and seizures that enrich police departments.

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